Method and apparatus for an automated injection molding configuring and manufacturing system
First Claim
1. A computer implemented system connected to a computer network and accessible by a plurality of simultaneous users for specifying and ordering injection molding systems, comprising in combination:
- a configuring subsystem that uses one or more of customer defined parameters and one or more manufacturing process determined parameters to generate a designed system; and
a processing subsystem for processing the designed system, the processing subsystem being in communication with the configuring subsystem.
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Abstract
The method and apparatus of the present invention includes a computer implemented injection molding configuring subsystem which enables a customer to interactively specify and design a system using a mix of parameters that the customer specifies and are manufacturing process determined. The configuring subsystem is connected to a computer network such as the Internet. The method and apparatus of the present invention further includes a computerized business and processing subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystem. The computerized business subsystem automatically provides a cost and schedule for a system configured by the configuring subsystem and additionally processes an order for the system. The processing subsystem automatically processes the customer'"'"'s inputs and generates drawings for the configured system.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer implemented system connected to a computer network and accessible by a plurality of simultaneous users for specifying and ordering injection molding systems, comprising in combination:
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a configuring subsystem that uses one or more of customer defined parameters and one or more manufacturing process determined parameters to generate a designed system; and
a processing subsystem for processing the designed system, the processing subsystem being in communication with the configuring subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer implemented system connected with a computer network and accessible by a plurality of simultaneous users for specifying and ordering injection molding systems, comprising in combination:
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a configuring subsystem that uses one or more of customer defined parameters and one or more of manufacturing process determined parameters to generate a designed injection molding system; and
a business subsystem for calculating a cost and schedule for the designed injection molding system that was generated by the configuring subsystem, the business subsystem being in communication with the configuring subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a computer network-based system, an automated method for specifying and ordering injection molding systems, comprising:
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receiving one or more customer determined parameters;
configuring an injection molding system using the one or more customer determined parameters and one or more manufacture process determined parameters to generate a configured system; and
submitting the configured system for processing to a processing subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer implemented system connected to a computer network for manufacturing injection molding systems, comprising in combination:
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a computerized configuring subsystem for designing and ordering injection molding systems using one or more customer defined parameters and one or more manufacture process determined parameters to generate a configured system;
a computerized business subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystem for determining cost and schedule of the configured system; and
a computerized manufacturing subsystem in communication with the configuring subsystem and the business subsystem to manufacture the configured system. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. In a computer-implemented process for manufacturing injection molding systems, a method comprising:
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configuring a system to order by using one or more customer determined parameters and one or more manufacturing process determined parameters to generate a configured system;
creating drawings based on the one or more customer determined parameters and one or more manufacturing process determined parameters; and
ordering the configured system. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A method for remotely specifying and ordering an injection molding system, comprising:
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providing a web page server connected to a configuring subsystem network and to a digital network;
receiving one or more customer defined inputs using the web page server over the digital network using a web browser program;
configuring an injection molding system based on the one or more customer defined inputs and one or more manufacture process determined parameters to generate a configured system; and
ordering the configured system. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32)
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